Create a unique candy container for Halloween with a papier-mâché house and DecoArt Media®.

SUPPLIES

• water container
• palette or plastic plate
• paper towels
• transfer paper
• #3 round brush
• 1" flat brush
• 1/4" flat brush
• #0 liner brush
• assorted scrapbook paper
• papier mâché house

INSTRUCTIONS

NOTES:

Let dry completely between painting steps.

1. Randomly tear large pieces of the scrapbook paper. Apply a layer of Americana Matte Decou-Page to the area where the paper will be placed. Position the paper. Apply another later of Decou-Page on top and smooth out any wrinkles or bubbles. Cover the entire surface.

2. Transfer the pattern onto the house as desired. Paint the house, tree, and tombstone in Carbon Black with #3 round and 1/4" flat brushes.

3. Mix Hansa Yellow Medium with a small amount of Quinacridone Magenta until a desired orange color is created. Outline the house with a liner brush. Add in pumpkins and leaves as desired.

4. Mix Hansa Yellow Medium and a small amount of Cerulean Blue to achieve a desired green color. Add leaves, a door, and a fence as desired.
5. Mix Titanium White with a small amount of Carbon Black. Free-hand a moon into the scene with a #3 round brush, allowing the moon to be on multiple sides of the box. When it is still wet, add a small amount of Titanium White for a highlight on the moon.

6. Using transfer paper, transfer the windows to the house. Using a #3 liner brush, paint in windows and "RIP" on tombstones using Titanium White. Once the windows are dried, use a liner brush to add the window grid in Carbon Black.

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